1007: Military Division

"Thump, thump, thump~"

As the battle continued, in the purely physical combat, the Puppet Martial Soul controlled by Yuan Lei actually showed quite a few clear cracks!

This doesn't mean that Yuan Lei's strength was still lacking.

Combat naturally depends on the comparison of strength between the two sides.

The Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger was, after all, a ten-thousand-year-level strange beast, and being able to grow to this age in the Tianmu Great Forest meant it had killed at least a hundred first-stage Soul Card Masters between one-star and six-star!

ordinary Six-Star Soul Card Masters could only flee when facing it!

For Yuan Lei to be able to rely solely on his second Soul Card and stand against it for so long at the Realm of a Five-Star Soul Card Master, already proved the might of his own strength and the depth of his foundation!

Perhaps also feeling that too much time had been wasted, Yuan Lei, who had been controlling the Puppet with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

Directly in front of him, a dark Soul Card, hanging like a spider silk, suddenly appeared, swaying!

"Fifth Soul Card Skill: Puppet General!"

The fifth Soul Card, this belonged to the first stage of Soul Card Masters between one-star and six-star, a symbolic Soul Card!

Yuan Lei's fighting style was somewhat similar to a mage-type Soul Card Master, but in fact, he was a combat-type Soul Card Master!

At this moment, he unleashed an armor skill!

And as that dark Soul Card shone with luster, scattered pieces of armor suddenly hung down around the Puppet that was currently in battle!

Accompanied by the concentration of power, the armor pieces gathered and landed on the Puppet's body!

During this process, the broken marks all over the Puppet completely disappeared, being repaired clean!

In a few breaths.

The previously unremarkable Puppet's body suddenly expanded by a circle, and a dangerous aura, at least twice as powerful as before, circulated out!

Looking at the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger, Yuan Lei, controlling from behind, revealed a slight smile, and the Puppet in front also tilted its head, its mouth strangely pulling up into a chilling smile.

"Click, click~" As the Puppet twisted its body, a thick Black Shadow instantly surged out!

The shadow, like mist, instantly permeated the area around the Puppet, and in the space of a breath, the Puppet's five fingers, now exceptionally sharp after donning the armor, simultaneously landed on the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger's head!

"Boom!"

A violent force, accompanied by an unstoppable roar, suddenly erupted!

"Roar!" At this moment, the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger only felt as if its opponent in front had finally become truly serious, revealing its terrifying strength!

At this moment, it even sensed a death crisis!

Gathering all its strength, it only had time to hastily condense a thick energy shield in the area above its head!

In an instant, the Puppet's steel claws had already landed on the shield!

Accompanied by the fierce infusion of power, the shield only resisted for a moment before being covered in large, noticeable cracks!

"Roar!" The Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger's entire body suddenly sank, the ground beneath its feet was covered in cracks, and its angry roar was closer to a plea!

"Bang~"

Like exploding ice crystals, the entire earthy yellow energy shield finally failed to hold, shattering abruptly!

And in the instant the shield shattered, the cold steel claws landed directly on the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger's head!

"Pfft~"

Blood spurted onto the steel arm, and then slowly slid down the steel armor.

Accompanied by a final mournful howl, this ten-thousand-year-level Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger finally slowly collapsed to the ground, its life coming to an end.

"Hoo~"

Yuan Lei let out a long breath of stale air.

Although he hadn't personally entered the battle just now, every battle step required his guidance and control.

After this battle ended, he also felt physically and mentally exhausted.

"Even a ten-thousand-year-level Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger has been dealt with by you. Although you are currently a Five-Star Soul Card Master, your strength is already at the Peak of the Six-Star Soul Card Master stage. Now you can prove that you are not a burden."

Du Xingchen said with a relaxed smile to Yuan Lei, and then walked towards the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger.

"If it weren't for Captain, I wouldn't have had a second chance to start over."

Yuan Lei's face finally broke into a confident smile.

These past few days, this was the first time he felt so relaxed and cheerful.

While Yuan Lei was adjusting, Du Xingchen also began to refine the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger into a pill.

After all, it was a ten-thousand-year-level strange beast, and using it to refine Beast Tempering Pills was a perfect utilization.

"Here, eat a few."

Throwing half of the refined Beast Tempering Pills to Yuan Lei, Du Xingchen also began to close his eyes and refine.

Beast Tempering Pills are something that can never be discarded.

Previously, when he absorbed that fifty-thousand-year Black Tortoise Soul Card, if it weren't for the solid foundation laid by so many Beast Tempering Pills before, he was afraid he would have met with an unexpected setback and been directly exploded!

Thinking about it now, he still secretly felt fortunate.

Looking at the pills in his hand, Yuan Lei nodded slightly and swallowed them without hesitation.

He had also heard other teammates mention these pills, and this was his first time taking them.

After a while.

Du Xingchen and Yuan Lei both came out of the refinement process.

"Let's go, it's time to go back. It's a good time to see what good things they brought back from Taobao City this trip."

Having so smoothly helped Yuan Lei complete his inheritance, Du Xingchen felt much more relaxed.

This way, their team could be considered truly in its best state!

Of course, if every other teammate had also received a God inheritance, then they would be at their Peak state.

...

Returning to Shield City from the depths of the Tianmu Great Forest, the journey was still perilous.

But fortunately, with the Treasure Hunting Plate, Du Xingchen and Yuan Lei's homing was ultimately without major incident.

And when they arrived at Yunyong Academy, Wen Xiu Cheng and the others, who had spent the entire night shopping in Taobao City, also happened to return.

"Captain!" Upon seeing Du Xingchen and Yuan Lei, Liangcai Sword immediately opened his mouth: "Captain, it's a shame you didn't come to Taobao City with us tonight!"

"I originally thought there wouldn't be anything good in there, but once we got to the VIP building, there were so many good things we couldn't even look at them all!"

"Captain, look at this sword of mine! Forged from the bones of a forty-thousand-year-old King-level strange beast plus an extraterrestrial meteorite!"

"With this sword, I feel like I can fight a Six-Star Soul Card Master to a draw!"

"Oh? I thought you would say you could fight a Saint Master to a draw. Fighting a Six-Star Soul Card Master, that's quite conservative."

Du Xingchen nodded slightly after seeing the sword Liangcai Sword took out, clearly understanding something.

"Saint Master? Captain, you're overestimating me. I'm only a Four-Star Soul Card Master. Even if I absorb the fifth Soul Card and become a Five-Star Soul Card Master, there's still a huge gap between me and a Saint Master."

"Is that so?" Du Xingchen's expression was meaningful, not explicitly explaining.

After a pause, his gaze turned to Wen Xiu Cheng in the crowd.

"Wen Boss, did you get anything?"

"Wen Xiu Cheng bought a box. The shopkeeper said it was some kind of Military Formation Master inheritance, obviously something to fool people, but Wen Xiu Cheng still bought it."

Qing Youyu on the side explained with some confusion.

"This box contains the military Soul of my Eternal Night Kingdom's Purple Dragon Army!" The always silent Wen Xiu Cheng took a deep breath at this moment and finally began to explain.

"At the moment the Eternal Night Kingdom was destroyed by the Demon Hall, the Purple Dragon Army was also completely annihilated in the process of defending the Imperial City."

"I originally thought that those soldiers who guarded the Imperial City were long gone."

"Unexpectedly, the heroic Souls of the deceased Purple Dragon Army were all gathered into this box by the Eternal Night Kingdom's Military Formation Master before he died!"

"They are still alive!"

With strong emotions in his voice, Wen Xiu Cheng then looked at the Goddess in the team: "Before, I was too harsh on you. Regardless, you helped me buy the heroic Souls of these soldiers, and I will remember this kindness!"

As Wen Xiu Cheng spoke, the attitude of the other people in the team towards Zhongsun Yiqing also changed from extreme rejection to acceptance.

Du Xingchen had already anticipated this.

After all, the effect of money is not to be underestimated.

They continued to chat about their respective gains at the school gate for a while. When they talked about Yuan Lei receiving a God inheritance and his strength fully returning and even becoming stronger than before, everyone let out another exclamation.

"I knew Captain taking Yuan Lei out must have been to do something big!"

"Now that Yuan Lei's strength has fully returned, isn't the first place in the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination within easy reach?!"

Liangcai Sword was extremely excited.

The Goddess next to him, listening, still shook her head, not optimistic.

Although God inheritance was indeed extraordinary, compared to truly strong enemies, these were just the basics.

"Alright, everyone go back and rest and prepare. Tomorrow morning, I'll take everyone to register and draw lots for opponents."

As Du Xingchen's concluding remarks fell, the exchange of gains for the day also came to an end.

And when the teammates, in good spirits, successively headed to their residences, Wen Xiu Cheng approached Du Xingchen.

"Xingchen, you should take this. I'll feel more at ease with you holding it."

Wen Xiu Cheng handed the military formation box and the shining Purple Dragon Army military token in his hand to Du Xingchen.

Seeing the other party's action, Du Xingchen's eyes flickered.

This scene was very similar to the scene in the original work where Wen Xiu Cheng handed over his gains from Taobao City to the protagonist, Moyun.

"This is your thing, why give it to me?" Du Xingchen's tone carried some displeasure.

"This is indeed my thing, but putting aside ownership, it is also a Military Formation Master's combat set."

Speaking of this, Wen Xiu Cheng shook his head with a look of loneliness: "I tried it all the way back, and I can't use this Military Formation Master's combat set."

"On second thought, it is best to hand this over to you and let you arrange its use."

"After all, compared to me, I believe you can make this set shine with its former glory again!"

Wen Xiu Cheng had clearly thought it through.

Therefore, when handing it over to Du Xingchen, he also basically explained his reasons clearly.

Military Formation Master, like Beast Tamer and Puppet Master, are very niche cultivation systems.

There are practitioners of this kind on the continent, but they are even rarer than the other two!

Of course, the threshold is also higher!

This high threshold is not only demanding on the practitioner's Soul power, but also on their weapons!

Military Formation Masters themselves have no strength.

Similar to Beast Tamers and Puppet Masters.

They are all in the back, controlling combat machines to fight.

Beast Tamers need strange beasts as pets to fight, and Puppet Masters need to build Puppets to fight.

These essentially don't have much of a threshold.

But for Military Formation Masters to fight, they need a military formation set!

A military formation set is something that requires the Souls of soldiers to be collected in a certain object, and to fight using the military Soul as a weapon during battle!

Every Military Formation Master set is basically something only royalty and nobles have the ability to possess.

From this, one can see how heavy the weight of the thing Wen Xiu Cheng took out was.

"I'm not a Military Formation Master either, and the other people in the team haven't set foot in the cultivation method of a Military Formation Master. If you give this to me, I can't unleash its power."

Du Xingchen shook his head, clearly refusing to accept the item.

"But..." Wen Xiu Cheng looked conflicted.

"Don't you have the Purple Dragon Army military token?" Du Xingchen reminded him.

"Military token?" Wen Xiu Cheng picked up the military token and looked at Du Xingchen with a questioning look.

"Break this military token."